---
name: "Liu Cixin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/liu-cixin"
fi1m_id: "liu-cixin"
imdb_id: "nm7286732"
tmdb_id: 1594537
wikidata_id: "Q607588"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "23 June 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T16:39:42.502763+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Liu Cixin

## Identity

Liu Cixin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/liu-cixin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** liu-cixin
- **IMDb ID:** nm7286732
- **TMDB ID:** 1594537
- **Wikidata ID:** Q607588
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Cixin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q607588, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7286732/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1594537

Writer and producer. Born 23 June 1963 in Beijing, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 23 June 1963, Beijing, China
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Also known as:** Cixin Liu, 刘慈欣
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Cixin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q607588, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7286732/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1594537

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Wandering Earth II*](https://film.one/film/the-wandering-earth-ii.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Liu Cixin (also credited as Cixin Liu) is a Chinese science fiction writer. He was born on 23 June 1963 in Beijing and trained as a computer engineer, graduating from the North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power before working at a power plant in Shanxi province.

He is best known for the *Remembrance of Earth’s Past* trilogy, beginning with *The Three-Body Problem* (2008). His short story *The Wandering Earth* was adapted into a 2019 film, with a sequel released in 2023; the Netflix series *3 Body Problem* (2024) is also based on his work. Liu has received nine Galaxy Awards, the 2015 Hugo Award for *The Three-Body Problem*, and the 2017 Locus Award for *Death’s End*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *3 Body Problem* (2024), Fi1m 65, Consulting Producer, Book, Novel — [page](https://film.one/tv/3-body-problem.md)
- *The Wandering Earth II* (2023), Fi1m 62, Executive Producer, Novel, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wandering-earth-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Inside the Wandering Earth Ⅱ* (2024), as 自己
- *三体：科幻视界* (2024), series, as 编剧 · Creator
- *3 Body Problem* (2024), series, Consulting Producer, Book, Novel — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/3-body-problem.md)
- *三体·周年纪念版* (2023), series, Novel, Creator
- *The Wandering Earth II* (2023), Novel, Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wandering-earth-ii.md)
- *Three-Body* (2023), series, Novel, Creator
- *The Three-Body Problem* (2022), series, Novel
- *The Wandering Earth: Beyond 2020 Special Edition* (2020), Novel
- *The Wandering Earth* (2019), as Space Station Officer A · Novel, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Crazy Alien* (2019), Novel
- *The Three-Body Problem in Minecraft* (2014), series, Writer, Novel, Creator
- *Supernova Era*, Novel
- *Ball Lightning*, series, Novel
- *San Ti: Da Shi*, series, Executive Producer
- *Sea of Dreams*, series, Novel, Producer
- *The Three-Body Problem*, Novel
- *The Wandering Earth III*, Short Story, Producer
- *The Three-Body Problem*, Novel
- *With Her Eyes*, Novel, Writer

## Gallery

- ![image rognée à partir de File:Portrait photoshoot at Worldcon 75, Helsinki, before the Hugo Awards – Cixin Liu, Ken Liu, Ada Palmer, Charlie Jane Anders, Jon Ol (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/1295068/gallery-37bf259d5b49.png) image rognée à partir de File:Portrait photoshoot at Worldcon 75, Helsinki, before the Hugo Awards – Cixin Liu, Ken Liu, Ada Palmer, Charlie Jane Anders, Jon Ol (2019) — Henry Söderlunddécoupage : Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Liu_Cixin_at_Worldcon_75.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Liu Cixin](https://film.one/media/person/1295068/gallery-a334318ddbb8.jpg) Liu Cixin — opacity from Chicago, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Geek_Bar_Tor_authors_event_-_Cixin_Liu_%2818397919319%29.jpg/1280px-Geek_Bar_Tor_authors_event_-_Cixin_Liu_%2818397919319%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![​刘慈欣在与王晋康的对谈会上 地点：北京SKP (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/1295068/gallery-0c55cd235674.jpg) ​刘慈欣在与王晋康的对谈会上 地点：北京SKP (2025) — Huangchinhai, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/%E5%88%98%E6%85%88%E6%AC%A3_20251129.jpg/1280px-%E5%88%98%E6%85%88%E6%AC%A3_20251129.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![​刘慈欣在北京SKP (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/1295068/gallery-9902f679dd57.jpg) ​刘慈欣在北京SKP (2025) — Huangchinhai, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/%E5%88%98%E6%85%88%E6%AC%A3_20251129_151005.jpg/1280px-%E5%88%98%E6%85%88%E6%AC%A3_20251129_151005.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Geek Bar Tor作者活动上的刘慈欣 (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/1295068/gallery-cd9340d818bb.jpg) Geek Bar Tor作者活动上的刘慈欣 (2015) — opacity, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Geek_Bar_Tor_authors_event_-_Cixin_Liu.jpg/1280px-Geek_Bar_Tor_authors_event_-_Cixin_Liu.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 5 won, 6 nominated

- Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work 2021: Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work (won), for *The Dark Forest*
- Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work 2020: Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work (won), for *The Three-Body Problem*
- Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2017: Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominated), for *Death's End*
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel 2017: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel (nominated), for *The Three-Body Problem*
- Hugo Awards 2017: Best Novel (nominated), for *Death's End*
- Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel 2017: Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel (won), for *The Three-Body Problem*
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2017: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (won), for *Death's End*
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2016: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominated), for *The Dark Forest*
- Hugo Awards 2015: Best Novel (won), for *The Three-Body Problem*
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2015: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominated), for *The Three-Body Problem*
- Nebula Award for Best Novel 2015: Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominated), for *The Three-Body Problem*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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